rule books
Game law compilations
Rule books are compilations of official rules governing a game, sport, organization, or activity.
The term often appears figuratively: someone who goes by the rule book follows procedures strictly, while throwing out the rule book means abandoning conventional approaches.
Also spelled as one word: rulebooks.
- standard operating proceduresDocumented routine processes
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- instructionsGuidance on how to proceed
directives · fine print · terms and conditions · standards · protocols · manuals · laws · codes · criminal procedure · commandments · orders · codifications · frameworks · ordinances · principles · legal frameworks · mandates · ruleset
- football literaturefootball history, bios, autobiography, playbooks, strategy guides
- railroad documentstimetables, emergency procedures, emergency protocols, whistle signals, track maintenance
- railroad recordswaybills, timetables, train schedules, passenger manifests, maintenance logs
- fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
- informational bookletsbrochures, pamphlets, travel guides, handbooks, user manuals
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
rule bookssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · guidelines · advice · tips · friendly advice
rule booksimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
spontaneity · free play · ad-libbing · winging it · creative freedom
rule booksanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
lawlessness · free rein · carte blanche · creative freedom · chaos